Plate VII. Pages 93, 9-i. 
AMERICAN BITTERN. 
Length, 28-00 inches. A Black streak on neck; body brown and bulT; pri- 
maries slate-color. 
SORA. 
Length, 8-50 inches. Adu/^, upper parts olive-brown, black, and white; 
throat and face l)lack, breast slate, belly white, flanks black and white. 
Voung, similar, but face, throat, and breast white, washed with brownish. 
